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500 Yuan Bank of Chinan
| Issuer | Bank of Chinan |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 500 Yuan |
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| Obverse lettering | 冀南銀行 伍佰圓 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF CHINAN 500 FIVE HUNDRED YUAN 1945 |
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The Bank of Chinan (Jinan Bank) was a communist-controlled regional bank operating in the Shandong-Jiangsu border areas under the direction of the Shandong Branch of the Central Committee. Notes issued in 1945 fall squarely in the final chaotic phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War, when liberated zone banks were printing aggressively to fund military operations and stabilize local economies wrested from Japanese puppet administrations.
The S-prefix in Pick places this firmly in the Chinese regional and provisional category. High-denomination notes from this issuer are frequently encountered with pinholes and folding damage consistent with bundle storage rather than hand-to-hand wear — the notes moved in bulk between administrative units more than through retail trade.